Gender-based violence (GBV) has been declared a national disaster, with women in the rural areas carrying a disproportionate burden due to entrenched poverty, patriarchal norms, and systemic inequality. Deeply rooted gender norms, societal expectations, and historical trauma from apartheid reinforce power imbalances and perpetuate this violence. Gender-based violence is one of rural women’s greatest challenges. […]

Spread over the weeks of March 2026, a number of interesting comments emerged in the public domain, centred on what Dr Naledi Pandor called “a more humane policy framework”2 with regard to migrants and foreign nationals, and a sharper critique of the closely allied area of xenophobia. Indeed, ‘humane’ is a word used frequently by […]

Online gambling has emerged as one of the fastest-growing sectors within South Africa’s digital economy, driven by increased smartphone penetration, internet ubiquity, and aggressive marketing by betting operators. South Africans spent a whopping R1.5 trillion in the2024/2025 financial year on gambling activities, often using grocery money, and NSFAS and social grants to gamble. BP 646 […]

 To begin with a statement of global application: “Disaffected voters are blaming establishment political leaders for economic stagnation, unwanted immigration and perceived national decay. They are retreating into fierce nationalism encouraged by populist leaders who are challenging the status quo.”2 Such are the times we live in. BP 645 – Migrants and Refugees in 2026 […]